The Star: April 13, 2017
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Inside<br />
FROM<br />
THE<br />
EDITOR’S<br />
DESK<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
News.....................................3-21<br />
GO DOWN to Cranmer<br />
Square and you’ll see an<br />
incredibly moving scene.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are 3200 crosses there<br />
– the number of Cantabrians<br />
who died in the first three<br />
years of the Great War, a war<br />
that was meant to end all<br />
wars.<br />
Yesterday, reporter Bridget<br />
Rutherford and photographer<br />
Martin Hunter spoke to<br />
104-year-old Bill Mitchell, a<br />
World war 2 vet at Cranmer<br />
Square who is leading the<br />
Anzac Day parade in 12 days.<br />
I’ve always admired the Bill<br />
Mitchell’s of this world – sent<br />
across the seas as young men<br />
to fight in battles, many of<br />
them who would never return<br />
home.<br />
For many it was an<br />
adventure; the camaraderie of<br />
being in a team, seeing new<br />
places and having a lot of fun.<br />
But that all turned to custard<br />
pretty quick, and those crosses<br />
in Cranmer Square define<br />
what war brings to many –<br />
death.<br />
– Barry Clarke<br />
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THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST<br />
This week in history saw a visit by the Prince of Wales between <strong>April</strong> 10 and 12,<br />
1981. On <strong>April</strong> 10, 1965, Christchurch Airport becomes New Zealand’s first jet airport<br />
with the inauguration of the first regular flights to and from Australia. On <strong>April</strong><br />
11, 1968, <strong>The</strong> city’s worst recorded storm causes one death and widespread wind and<br />
flood damage. It was known as the Wahine storm, after the Lyttelton to Wellington<br />
ferry sank in Wellington Harbour with the loss of more than 50 lives. On <strong>April</strong> 11,<br />
1975, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the Prime Minister of Singapore visited the city. On <strong>April</strong><br />
12, 1840, ships Sarah and Elizabeth land Herriot, McGillivray, Ellis, Shaw (and wife)<br />
and McKinnon (with his wife and child) who try to establish a farm at Riccarton.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are the first European settlers on the plains. On <strong>April</strong> 12, 1850, John Robert<br />
Godley, first leader of the Canterbury Association settlers, arrives with his wife in<br />
Lyttelton on Lady Nugent. On <strong>April</strong> <strong>13</strong> and 14, 1983, Chinese Premier, Zhao Ziyang<br />
visited Christchurch. On <strong>April</strong> <strong>13</strong>, 1876, tightrope walker Blondin visited. On <strong>April</strong><br />
16, 1974, the city floods after record rainfall – 124mm (4.89in) in 24 hours.<br />
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Puzzles ..................................30<br />
Gardening................32-33<br />
<strong>The</strong>atre/Arts......................35<br />
Driven................................37<br />
Sport.................................39-41<br />
Entertainment......52-55<br />
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